In response to the recent discovery that patients were possibly exposed to Hepatitis B and other blood-borne illnesses at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg, state Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, R-New City, is calling for a state investigation and introducing legislation to make reckless patient contamination a class E felony. RPC is… Read More →
The Rockland County Legislature’s Special Committee on Redistricting continues to hold public forums this week to gather input regarding the redrawing of the 17 Legislative districts’ boundaries following the release of census numbers next month. The redistricting is to make sure each voting district has roughly the same number of… Read More →
Here’s a glance at opinion content published in The Journal News on Saturday, Feb. 26, Sunday, Feb. 27 and today, Monday, Feb. 28: Saturday, Feb. 26 Republicans and the budgets: Commentary Joni Balter, a columnist for The Seattle Times, assesses the political landscape after a week in which Congressional Republicans… Read More →
Rockland County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, and Legislator Alden Wolfe, D-Suffern, have both issued news releases with remarks about the county Public Transportation Department’s plan to hike bus fares and reduce some service. As my colleague Khurram Saeed reported last month, the county is looking to increase fares… Read More →
New York doesn’t permit same-sex marriages, but it does recognize the unions of gay couples married elsewhere. A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that the survivor of a same-sex couple married in Canada can inherit as a spouse, in a decision gay-rights group called the first appellate decision of… Read More →
Suffern head coach Rob Schelling and goalie Tyler Stark celebrate their 4-1 win over White Plains in the Section 1 Division 1 hockey championship at West Point. See more photos of Suffern vs White Plains Hockey
Photo above: Lisa Forman of Piermont shops for produce at the Gajeski Produce table at the Palisades Indoor Winter Farmersâ Market at the Palisades Community Center, Feb. 26, 2011. Photo at left: Bread and Butter pickles from dr. Pickle in Paterson, New Jersey. Offerings include root vegetables, green house greens,... Read More →
Suffern’s Asher Kramer, left, defeated Longwood’s Corey Rasheed in a 112-lb Division 1 quarterfinal match at the NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships at the Times Union Center in Albany. See more photos of the State Wrestling Championships
Police move into position as a man with a gun barricaded himself in his home Thursday on Ludvigh Rd. in Nanuet. Negotiators were attempting to comminicate with him via phone and bullhorn. Read more about the story and see more photos of the standoff
From left, Mahopac’s Paul Hoppinthal and Suffern’s John Redgate crash into Mahopac goalie Anthony Barletta during their Division I semifinal hockey game at Sport-O-Rama. Suffern won 4-1. See more photos of Mahopac at Suffern hockey
